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Originally Posted by robtattoo  Hmmmmmm......makes you think, doesn't it. Maybe because the NFAS has a class for ALL bow/arrow combinations, maybe because the NFAS doesn't have a dress code, maybe because the NFAS is more 'user friendly' & doesn't ruin the simplicity of field with a lot of rules & regulations, mybe because when the NFAS says 'Compound Unlimited' they actually mean it, rather than imposing draw-weight restrictions, maybe because they recognise flatbows as a class, maybe because NFAS shoots are friendly, sociable affairs & not all gussied up with titles like 'Record status' or 'Arrowhead status'
(WTF is Record status anyway?? I'd read the GNAS rulebook to find out, but I'm only expecting to live for another 40 years or so, so probably won't have time...)
Just a thought.
ps. I'm not having a pop at you in any way, shape or form Swaledale, just the GNAS for not allowing me to shoot competetively in ANY of their field disciplines (I'd shoot compound U/L but it's a 70#er) |
Hi Rob
Sadly it does make you think and yes the class system in
GNAS is depressingly unrepresentative, there are however no dress regs in
GNAS field.
Re the u/l rules, both as bad as each other, 60lb on
GNAS and 300ft/sec on
NFAS.
The record status, all that is about is that you can, if you are good enough, achieve a record breaking score and have it officialy logged thats all. The arrow head on the other hand is quite a nice thing for your average archer. There are a set of mile posts as it were and you get a badge (arrowhead), as you pass each score level so there is something for archers to achieve at every level, this is one of the better aspects of FITA/
GNAS field.
Regarding the friendliness, believe me it is just as good, field archers are field archers but you can get a crap group in either!
You'll have to call in if you are over this way, PM me if you fancy a blast round.